THREE SUPERSPORT PODIUMS FOR TRIUMPH AT THE NORTH WEST 200
Peter Hickman brought his Triumph home in second in race one at Ireland’s largest outdoor sporting event.
Michael Dunlop recently switched to Triumph and scored two third place finishes.
The North West 200, an 8.9 mile road race held in Northern Ireland, ran this week, serving as the traditional warm-up to the upcoming Isle of Man TT, and Triumph machines delivered strong performances with three podiums from two races.
25 time TT winner, Michael Dunlop, was nursing an injury but still managed to qualify in fourth on his MD Racing 765cc Triumph. 13 time TT winner, Peter Hickman, who was also injured, qualified in seventh on his Trooper Triumph by PHR. The next best Triumph Street Triple to line up on the grid was Michael Evans who started 11th.
In race one it was a great start for the Triumph riders however there was a crash at York Corner taking two riders, Davey Todd and Adam McLean, out of contention. The riders behind avoided the incident which left Richard Cooper in the lead ahead of three Triumphs of Dunlop, Hickman and Evans.
The leading trio started to pull away while Evans was involved in an exciting six rider battle for fourth. Mike Browne who’d been caught up in the first-turn incident powered through and Evans lost out two more places ultimately crossing the line in 7th on his Smith Racing Triumph.
Back at the front, Cooper took the win with Hickman second and Dunlop third making it two Triumph’s on the podium.
